About the Author

JOSEPH D. CAVER is a former senior archivist at the Air Force Historical Research Agency at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama and current history lecturer at Alabama State University. He is a coauthor of The Tuskegee Airmen, An Illustrated History: 1939–1949 and a contributor to the Air Power History journal. Caver is a recipient of the Major General I. B. Holley Award, recognizing significant contributions in the field of Air Force history. He has been honored with the Spirit of Marion Award from Alabama State University. JEROME ENNELS is a former Air University Historian and currently an archivist at the Air Force Historical Research Agency. Mr. Ennels has published numerous unit histories, monographs, studies, and articles in newspapers and professional journals. He is the co-author with Wesley Newton of The Wisdom Of Eagles: A History of Maxwell Air Force Base. DANIEL HAULMAN is chief of the Organizational History Division at the United States Air Force Historical Research Agency, where he has worked since 1982. He has authored many books and published dozens of articles on aviation history, including specifically about the Tuskegee Airmen. He is the author The Tuskegee Airmen, An Illustrated History (with primary authors Jerome Ennels and Joseph Caver) and Eleven Myths About the Tuskegee Airmen, both published by NewSouth Books. Haulman travels extensively to present on the subject of the Tuskegee Airmen. He is considered by many to be a foremost expert on the subject. As a member of the Tuskegee Airmen Inc. for many years, he has attended seven of the organization’s conventions and counts many Airmen as personal friends.

Reviews

[The Tuskegee Airmen, An Illustrated History: 1939-1949] could well be the best of the batch because it takes a different approach to a unit that became one of the most famous of World War II ... it's basically an encyclopedia crammed with everything you ever wanted to know about the organization ... a superb 250-page book.--Alvin Benn "The Montgomery Advertiser"

I wish The Tuskegee Airmen: An Illustrated History had been available when I was researching my own book. It's the definitive reference book for the Tuskegee Airmen experience.--Todd Moye "author of Freedom Flyers: The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II"

The Tuskegee Airmen, An Illustrated History: 1939-1949 fills a significant void in the existing literature on these men by offering several hundred captioned photographs depicting African American pilots before 1941 through the postwar. The photos bring to life the combat operations of the Airmen and provide glimpses of their training, combat support activities, and social life ... The photos tellingly reveal the depth of the segregation policies of the [American Air Force] of the 1940s. The extensive collection of images and detailed chronology make this book a welcome addition to the growing number of works on the Airmen.-- "Air & Space Power Journal"